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Order of Whiteclay

Creature — Kithkin Cleric

{1}{W}{W}, {Q}: Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. ({Q} is the untap symbol.)

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{W}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
rare
Set
Shadowmoor
Price
$0.60
EDHREC rank
#13312
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Order of Whiteclay card art
Order of Whiteclay is a repeatable creature recursion engine that pays for itself over multiple turns — the catch is the slow, tap-to-charge activation requiring white and a tapped creature alongside it. In Nalia de'Arnise builds, it pairs with Coretapper to generate a loop that keeps your board stocked with the exact bodies you need.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Nalia de'Arnise

Nalia de'Arnise

31.5% of decks · synergy 0.31

Nalia de'Arnise runs a creature-dense, graveyard-adjacent gameplan where Order of Whiteclay functions as a reliable engine to recur key creatures — especially low-power ones that trigger Nalia's ability — without spending additional mana.

02

Brigid, Clachan's Heart

25.5% of decks · synergy 0.25

Brigid, Clachan's Heart builds around Kithkin tribal synergies, and Order of Whiteclay is a native Kithkin Cleric that fits the tribe while giving the deck a recursion outlet for creatures lost in combat or to removal.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Order of Whiteclay sees almost all of its play in Commander, where the slower activation cost is acceptable across longer games and the card advantage from repeatable recursion compounds meaningfully. In Legacy and Vintage, it's technically legal but sees no real play — three mana for a 1/4 with a tap ability that requires additional setup is nowhere near competitive in those formats. Commander is its home: low-power creature recursion that synergizes with tap-matter commanders, Kithkin tribal, and engines like Coretapper make Order of Whiteclay a legitimate role-player in the right 100-card shell.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.60 bulk tier

At $0.60, Order of Whiteclay sits firmly in bulk territory — it's an easy include if it fits your build without putting any strain on your budget. The price reflects its narrow niche rather than power level; in the Commander decks that want it, it consistently overperforms its cost.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.